Zachary Knight "Zach" Galifianakis (/ˌɡælɨfəˈnækɨs/ GAL-i-fə-NAK-iss; born October 1, 1969) is an American actor and stand-up comedian, known for his television appearance in his own Comedy Central Presents special. He also starred in films, such as The Hangover trilogy (2009–2013), Due Date (2010), The Campaign (2012) and Birdman (2014), and hosts the Emmy Award-winning talk show Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis.

Biography

In August 2012, Galifianakis married Quinn Lundberg, co-founder of the Growing Voices charity, at the UBC Farm in Vancouver, British Columbia. On September 7, 2013, Lundberg gave birth to their first child, a boy, while Galifianakis missed the premiere of his film Are You Here to attend the birth.

In January 2014, Galifianakis and "A Night of a Thousand Vaginas" co-star Sarah Silverman announced their intention to raise $20,000 to help fund the Texas Abortion Fund, part of a nationwide network of funds set up to assist women in obtaining abortions in states whose legislatures had placed restrictions on the practice. The fundraiser was set up in response to the passage of Texas H.B. 2, which established several restrictions that forced a majority of the state's abortion clinics to close.

Galifianakis owns a farm in northeastern Alleghany County, North Carolina, and splits his time between the farm and his work. He said, "My farm is a place that I get to think clearly and pretend to know what I am doing."
In an October 2014 interview with E!, when asked about his weight loss, Galifianakis jokingly claimed it was because he was terminally ill.

, 1h59Directed byAlejandro González IñárrituOriginUSAGenresDrama, Comedy, Comedy-dramaThemesFilms about films, Théâtre, Superhero filmsActorsMichael Keaton, Emma Stone, Edward Norton, Andrea Riseborough, Zach Galifianakis, Naomi WattsRoles JakeRating76% Riggan Thomson (Michael Keaton) is a faded Hollywood actor best known for playing the superhero Birdman decades ago in a series of films. He is often tormented by the mocking, critical inner voice of Birdman, and frequently visualizes himself performing feats of levitation and telekinesis. The film opens with a quotation from Raymond Carver stating that the main fulfillment in life is related to having once been loved, then cuts to a dramatic atmospheric disturbance resembling a meteor descending in flames. The film then cuts to a surreal shot depicting Riggan as levitating in his stage room. Riggan hopes to reinvent his career by writing, directing, and starring in a Broadway production of a loosely based adaptation of Carver's short story "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love".

, 1h40Directed byTodd PhillipsOriginUSAGenresComedyThemesTransport films, Road movies, Buddy filmsActorsBradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Justin Bartha, Ken Jeong, Heather GrahamRoles AlanRating58% Two years after the events in Bangkok, Leslie Chow (Ken Jeong) escapes from a maximum security prison, using a riot as cover. Meanwhile in America, Alan Garner (Zach Galifianakis) causes a 20-car freeway pileup after he purchases a giraffe and accidentally decapitates it on a low overpass. Alan's father Sid (Jeffrey Tambor), angry with Alan for his immature antics and never owning up to his mistakes, dies of a heart attack in the middle of a lecture. After the funeral, Alan's brother-in-law Doug Billings (Justin Bartha) informs friends Phil Wenneck (Bradley Cooper) and Stu Price (Ed Helms) that Alan has been off his ADHD medication and is out of control. They attend an intervention, in which Alan agrees to visit a rehab facility in Arizona, so long as "the Wolfpack" takes him there. On the way to Arizona, Phil's minivan is rammed off the road by a rental truck and the group is taken hostage. They are later confronted by mob boss Marshall (John Goodman) and "Black Doug" (Mike Epps), his head enforcer.

, 1h34Directed byTim Heidecker, Eric WareheimOriginUSAGenresComedyActorsZach Galifianakis, Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim, Jeff Goldblum, Erica Durance, Robert LoggiaRoles Jim Joe KellyRating54% Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim are two filmmakers who are given a record-setting $1 billion budget to make a movie. The funds are provided by Tommy Schlaaang and the Schlaaang Corporation. The two waste all of their money on the making of Bonjour, Diamond Jim, a three-minute film (based on a poem by "personal shopper and spiritual guru" Jim Joe Kelly (Zach Galifianakis) who they paid $500,000 a week), plus expensive makeovers, 10-course lunches, real diamonds for Diamond Jim's suit, and a Johnny Depp impersonator. Because of this, the two leave Los Angeles in fear that they will go to prison or be hunted down by the Schlaaang Corp.